Patrols Elect Tiger and American Scout Leaders in Biddeford
Biddeford Girl Scouts Troop 24 held a Wednesday meeting at the Girl Scout hall Pool Street electing leaders for the Tiger and American patrols. Jean Cotsifas became Tiger patrol leader with Carolyn Whelan as assistant. Jeanne Lizotte leads American patrol with Carol Violette as assistant.
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Biddeford
Jean Cotsifas
Diane la Pierre
Biddeford High School
Tiger Trol
Caroyn Whelan
Carol Roy
Elizabeth Perkins
Nancy Hammond
Jo-Ann Stansberry
Selina Marcille
Jeanne Lizotte
Carol Violette
Donie Olson
Patricia Griffin
Priscilla Pierce
Christine Hackett
Wayne Hutchins
Calixte Gauvin
Attack Is Fatal To Errol Flynn
Vancouver AP reports film star Errol Flynn died after a heart attack in a Vancouver apartment where he visited friends for a cocktail. He was 50 and traveling to the airport with hosts Mrs. Caldough and Beverly Radland. a doctor tended him briefly before he died on arrival at a hospital. Flynn had been negotiating for the sale of his yacht Zaca, and his hostess noted his comment about liking young women.
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Vancouver
B.C
Errol Flynn
George Caldough
Flynn
Radland
Zaca
Callough
Sigma Delta Class Elects Officials
Miss Eleanor Davis was elected president of the Sigma Delta class of the First Universalist church in Biddeford at the fall meeting. Other officers include Mrs. Edna Woodman as vice president Miss Laura Bridgman secretary Mrs. Pauline Tufts treasurer and Mrs. Iris Tate sunshine committee chairwoman with Mrs. Nancy Cooper as press representative. A Silver Tea is planned for November 14 at Mrs. John Tarbox 435 Main Street Saco to benefit the building fund.
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Eleanor Davis
Sigma Delta
First Universalist
Biddeford
Edna Woodman
Laura Bridgman
Pauline Tufts
Iris Tate
Sunshine Committee
Nancy Cooper
John Tarbox
Main Street
Saco
Universalist-Unitarian Church
Jeannette Davis
Woodman
Blanche Beal
Jeanette Davis
Bernice Davis
Phone Call Goes Awry in New Zealand Mixup
Mrs. Kennett F. Snow tried to call a friend in Scarborough but spoke the Wellington exchange by voice due to line restrictions. The call connected to New Zealand, severing before tolls of 12 dollars plus tax could apply. Snow, formerly Suzanne Lesieur of Biddeford, noted the odd misdial.
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Scarborough
New Zealand
Beauty queen Miriam Sanderson hospitalized in New York
Miriam Sanderson, Miss New York State last year, has been a patient in a state tuberculosis hospital since Oct 4, her father Winston G. Sanderson said Wednesday. The 21-year-old beauty queen had been teaching school in Storrs, Connecticut.
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Oneonta
N. Y
Miriam Sanderson
New York
Dwyer Granted Parole From Maine Prison
Paul N. Dwyer age 40 who has spent 22 years in Maine State Prison for a murder says his jailer may have been responsible. The State Probation and Parole Board voted unanimously to release him when state-imposed conditions are met. Gov Clauson and the Executive Council earlier reduced his life sentence for the 1937 slaying of Dr. James G irto. Dwyer issued a brief thanks to supporters and public servants.
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Executive Council
Dwyer
James G. Ir
One Killed In Auto Crash At Livermore Falls
Gourley Brown 57 of West Leeds was killed when his car left Route 106 at Livermore Falls and overturned. Ralph Millett 35 of Wells escaped with cuts and bruises. State Police reported the accident occurred early today.
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Livermore Falls
Gourley Brown
West Leeds
Ralph Millett
Wells
Settlement Hopes Rise in Steel Strike Panel
Washington AP reports government chief fact finder expresses hope for a steel strike settlement to avert Taft Hartley actions. Taylor panel resumes hearings as industry and unions push proposals on wildcat strikes and contract enforcement amid the 93rd day of the work stoppage.
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Washington
George Weene
Eisenhower
Steel Inquiry Board
Taylor
White House
Lieesaeers
H. C. Lumb
Republic Steel Corp
Lumb
Steelworkers
Lamb
John Morse
Bethlehem Steel
Murder charges dropped in Gipson slaying case
In Chelsea Vermont the murder charges against two men tied to the vigilante death of Orville A. Gipson a 47 year old Newbury dairy farmer were dismissed. Robert Ozro Welch a lay school janitor faced a directed verdict and Frank W. Carapenter aged 43 had been set for trial. Attorney General Frederick M. Reed said he might not have pursued Welch but stated the state is not dissatisfied with today’s decision.
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Chelsea
Newbury
Orville A. Gipson
Robert Ozro Welch
Frank W. Carapenter
Frederick M. Reed
Welch
Reed
Actor Barry Fitzgerald Hospitalized in Dublin
Barry Fitzgerald, 71, is in a Dublin hospital and described as quite comfortable today. The nature of his illness was not disclosed.
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Dublin
Ireland
Vetor Barry Fitzgerald
American Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine
Stockholm based Nobel prize awards go to Dr. Severne Ochoa of New York University and Dr. Arthur Kornberg of Stanford for discoveries on the mechanisms of DNA and RNA synthesis. The 220,700 crown prize honors pioneering heredity research.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Severne Ochoa
New York University College of Medicine
Arthur Kornberg
Stanford University
California
Royal Caroline Institute of Medicine
Alfred Nobel
George Beadle
Edward Tatum
Joshua Lederberg
Ochoa
Kornberg
Alice Lon Makes Solo Debut At Cocoanut Grove
Alice Lon, formerly with the Lawrence Welk band, debuted solo at the Cocoanut Grove in Hollywood. Despite laryngitis she sang well and drew a near capacity crowd, receiving flowers from fellow musicians including Rocky Rockwell and the Lennon Sisters. Lon noted Welk did not send congratulations, while Rockwell claimed he is on leave of absence from the Welk show.
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Hollywood
Alice Lon
Lawrence Welk
Cocoanut Grove
Welk
Rocky Rockwell
Lennon Sisters
Alice
Lawrence
Five
Med
Rockwell
Bakers And Teamsters Show Progress In New England Labor Talks
In Hartd ad Connecticut, bakers and Teamsters near a strike deadline reached progress after a day-long session with mediators. The union cut back demands to include pension payments within a $16 weekly raise package, while bakers offered $7 total over three years. Delivery will be guaranteed if the strike proceeds. Union locals span Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine. drivers earn about $42 weekly, with higher pay in southern CT, New York and New Jersey.
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Hartdad, Conn
New England Akers
Teamster Union
Tess AY
Teamster
New England Bakeries
Antee
Joseph
Cleary
Asters
General Baking Co
Ward
Continental
Drake, Reymond
Spauld
Surgeons Plan Major Reconstruction After Farm Girl Injury
Christine Hayes of Blackfoot Idaho, 12, sustained nearly total facial mutilation when a potato combine tore away ears eyelids eyebrows and scalp. A Blackfoot doctor kept her alive and surgeons at Salt Lake City hospital prepared a six hour operation to graft skin from her abdomen to her face neck and scalp in hopes of eventual facial reconstruction.
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Salt Lake City
Christine Hayes
Blackfoot
Idaho
Latter-Day Saints Hospital
Christine
Combine
Salt Lake
Clarence E. Wonnacott
Cabbie Giving COFC Bad Case Of Jitters
Taos New Mexico cab driver Octaviano Lucero, the town’s sole taxi operator, faces an influx of letters from drivers nationwide. He requests the Associated Press to publish a spoof warning, then notes the joke includes a mock warning about Taos.
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Taos
N.M
Octaviano Lucero
Lucero
Associated Press
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